Cork-puller



(No Model.)

B. WALKER. CORK FULLER No. 557,734. Patented Apr. 7,1896.

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EDXVIN XVALKER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 557,734, dated April 7, 1896.

Application filed January 9, 1896.

T (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN TALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in cork-pullers hereinafter set forth and explained and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and relates chieflyto improvements in the type of cork-puller described in the Letters Patent granted to me, No. 515,412, dated February 27, 1894, and No. 543,224, dated July 27, 1895; and it consists in constructing a rest or support for the lower side of a bottle-neck on the lower end of the corkpuller frame, substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings of my Letters Patent No. 5%,221, and pivoting a lever to the cork-puller frame in such a manner that it will clamp and firmly hold a bottle-neck down upon said rest or support during the operation of pulling the cork therefrom; and it further consists in providing the corkscrewcarrier with a yoke adapted to be engaged by one of the stud-pins on the operating-lever during a portion of the traverse of said lever, so as to insure the proper relative movement of the parts of the mechanism of the cork-puller.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a front view in elevation of my improved cork-puller. Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation of the same with parts broken away. Fig. is a rear view in elevation of the same. Fig. at is a side view in elevation of the corkscrew-carrier and yoke thereon and the nut-carrier removed from the frame of the machine, part of the nut-carrier being broken away. Fig. 5 shows a view in elevation of the inner face of the operatinglever detached from the cork puller, part thereof being broken away.

In the construction of the invention illus- Serial No. 574,834. (No model.)

trated in the accompanying drawings, A is the base of the frame of the cork puller adapted to be secured to a counter or other suitable support. The upright portion A rests upon this base A and is provided with a tubular passage within which the corkscrew mechanism operates. This mechanism being, however, the same in all respects as that described in my Letters Patent No. 515,412 and No. 543,22i above referred to, further description thereof is not deemed necessary.

The lower end of the tubular portion of the corkpuller frame is extended downward for some distance below the lowest point of traverse of the corkscrew-nut D, so as to form a tubular extension or sleeve C, which is made large enough to receive the upper end of a bottle-neck, and the lower side of this tubular extension 0 is further extended downward some distance in the form of a semitubular arm E, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to form a rest or support for the under side of a bottle-neck inserted in the tubular extension 0, this extension E being in line with the traverse of the corkscrew G, so that when a bottleneck is placed thereon the corkscrew will pass centrally down into the mouth of the bottle.

On one side of the tubular extension C, I pivot a lever H, the lower end of which is provided with a curved jaw 71-, preferably provided with a cushion of rubber h, adapted to fit over the upper side of a bottle-neck resting upon the semitubular extension E, the handle H of the lever H extending backward along the side of the upright portion A of the cork-puller frame, so as to be conveniently operated and at such an inclination that by its weight it normally holds the jaw 71. up, so as to not interfere with the insertion of a bottle-neck into the tubular extension 0.

It will readily be seen that the operator can grasp a bottle in his right hand and insert the neck thereof into the tubular extension 0 and then seize the handle H of the lever with his left hand and pull it forward and bring the jaw h of the lever down upon the bottle-neck, so as to hold it firmly in the semitubular support E. This being done the operators right hand is at liberty to operate the cork-puller lever to draw the cork therefrom.

The operating-lever I of this cork-puller is constructed with a central stud-pin J, which rotates freely in an Opening J in the frame of the machine, and is provided with a semidisk K in which is secured two inwardly-projecting stud-pins L and L, and on the pe riphery of this semidisk there is also an inwardly-projecting cam-surface 7c, which extends from the point 7t around to the point A at the stud-pin L, leaving an opening Z between the stud-pins L and L without any cam-surface therein, through which opening the lug n on the nut-carrier N passes up between the stud-pins L and L during a portion of the traverse of the lever I. The construction and the operation of these parts being the same in all respects as is described in my Letters Patent No. 543,22 above re ferred to, therefore further description is not deemed necessary.

To the corkscrewearrier F is secured a yoke 0 provided at its lower end with a hook 0, so formed as to make an open slot 0 which, when the lower end 0 of the yoke 0 comes in contact with the lug n on the nut-carrier N, registers with the slot 01 in the nut-carrier N and receives the stud-pin L in common with the slot at, so that during the movement of the nutcarrier N up and down by means of the engagement of the stud-pin L, the nutcarrier N and the corkscrew-carrier F are forced to move in unison until the stud-pin L moves out of the slot 0 in the yoke O and the Slot n in the nut-carrier N, when the studpin L engages the slot on in the projection M on the corkscrewcarrier F and moves the corkscrew carrier upward independently of the nut-carrier N, which is meanwhile retained in its downward position by means of the cam-surface k 011 the operating-lever I, being engaged with the projection 92 on the nut-carrier N.

It will be observed that the movement of the corkscrew-carrier F, the nut-carrier N, and the operating-lever I are the same in all respects as is described in my Letters Patent No. M3324 aforesaid, the yoke O in this construction only operating to insure the movement of the parts being in time with relation to each other, so that the slots on and it shall at all times be in such relative positions as to each other as to be properly engaged by the stud-pins L and L on the operating-lever I.

Having thus fully described my invention so as to enable others to construct and operate the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

1. The combination in a cork-puller, of an extension at the lower end of the frame, at one side of and substantially in line with the traverse of the corkscrew, adapted to receive and form a support for one side of a bottleneck, and a lever pivoted to the cork-puller frame, provided with a jaw adapted to engage the side of the bottle-neck and clamp it firmly to said support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in a cork-puller, of a tubular sleeve or extension on the lower end of the cork-puller frame, adapted to receive the upper end of a bottleneck, a semitubular extension on said sleeve at the lower side thereof, adapted to form a rest and support for the bottle-neck, a lever pivoted'to ,the.

cork-puller frame, and a curved jaw on said lever adapted to fit over the bottle-neck and clamp it down upon said semitubular rest or support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination in a cork-puller, of a corkscrew-carrier, a nut-carrier, an operating-lever, a yoke secured to the corkscrewcarrier, a stud-pin on the operating-lever adapted to engage the corkscrew-carrier during a portion of the traverse of said lever, and another studpin in said operating-lever adapted to engage both the nut-carrier and the yoke on the corkscrew-carrier during another portion of its traverse, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination in a cork-puller, of a corkscrew-carrier F, a yoke 0 provided with an open slot 0 secured to said corkscrew-carrier, a slot m in said carrier, a nut-carrier N, a slot 01 therein and a lug n thereon, an operating-lever I pivoted in the cork-puller frame, a semidisk K on said lever, a stud-pin L in said disk adapted to engage the slot m in the corkscrew-carrier during a portion of the traverse of the operating-lever, a studpin L adapted to simultaneously engage the slot 0 in the yoke O and the slot n of the nut-carrier during another portion of the traverse of said operating-lever, and a cam-surface on the semidisk K adapted to engage the lug 'non the nut-carrier during a portion of the traverse of the operating-lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDIVIN WALKER. Vitnesses FRED EINFELDT, II. J. OURTZE. 

